Josip Nikolai Peruzović (born 14 October 1947 in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) better known by his ring name, Nikolai Volkoff, is a Yugoslavian professional wrestler who is best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Federation. Although the character he played was portrayed as Russian, He actually came from Croatia and has a mixed background that was not entirely Russian. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 by Jim Ross.